²² They^(A) brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of the Skull^(B)). ²³ They tried to give him wine^(C) mixed with myrrh,^(D) but he did not take it.

²⁴ Then they crucified him and divided his clothes, casting lots^(E) for them to decide what each would get. ²⁵ Now it was nine in the morning^[a] when they crucified him. ²⁶ The inscription of the charge written against him was: The King^(F) of the Jews.^{(G) 27} They^(H) crucified two criminals^[b](I) with him, one on his right and one on his left.^[c]

²⁹ Those^(J) who passed by were yelling insults^(K) at^[d] him, shaking their heads,^(L) and saying, “Ha! The one who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,^{(M) 30} save yourself by coming down from the cross!”^{(N) 31} In the same way, the chief priests with the scribes^(O) were mocking him among themselves and saying, “He saved others, but he cannot save himself! ³² Let the Messiah,^(P) the King^(Q) of Israel,^(R) come down now from the cross,^(S) so that we may see and believe.”^(T) Even those who were crucified with him taunted him.

³³ When^(A) they arrived at the place called The Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals, one on the right and one on the left. ³⁴ Then Jesus said, “Father,^(B) forgive^(C) them, because they do not know what they are doing.”^[a](D) And they divided his clothes and cast lots.^(E)

³⁵ The^(F) people stood watching, and even the leaders were scoffing:^(G) “He saved others; let him save himself if this is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One!” ^{(H) 36} The soldiers also mocked him. They came offering him sour wine^{(I) 37} and said, “If you are the king of the Jews,^(J) save yourself!”

³⁸ An inscription was above him:^[b] This Is the King of the Jews.

³⁹ Then^(K) one of the criminals hanging there began to yell insults at^[c] him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”

⁴⁰ But the other answered, rebuking him: “Don’t you even fear God,^(L) since you are undergoing the same punishment? ⁴¹ We are punished justly, because we’re getting back what we deserve for the things we did, but this man has done nothing wrong.”^{(M) 42} Then he said, “Jesus, remember me^[d](N) when you come into your kingdom.”^(O)

⁴³ And he said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”^(P)

¹⁷ Carrying^(A) the cross by himself,^(B) he went out to what is called Place of the Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. ¹⁸ There they crucified him and two others with him, one on either side, with Jesus in the middle. ¹⁹ Pilate also had a sign made and put on the cross. It said: Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. ²⁰ Many of the Jews read this sign, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city,^(C) and it was written in Aramaic, Latin, and Greek. ²¹ So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Don’t write, ‘The king of the Jews,’^(D) but that he said, ‘I am the king of the Jews.’”

²² Pilate replied, “What I have written, I have written.”

²³ When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, a part for each soldier. They also took the tunic, which was seamless, woven in one piece from the top. ²⁴ So they said to one another, “Let’s not tear it, but cast lots for it, to see who gets it.” This happened that the Scripture^(E) might be fulfilled^(F) that says: They divided my clothes among themselves, and they cast lots for my clothing.^[a](G) This is what the soldiers did.